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Hershey, PA

14,242 Population
14.3 square miles 996.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$49,882 ±$3,992 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $43,785 ±$654
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$78,587 ±$7,362 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $80,919 ±$1,437
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

17.6% ±3.6% (2,480  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10.1% 59,377 (±0.5% / ±2,939)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

16.2 minutes ±0.9 (100,600  ±14,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.5 5,481,465 (±0.2 / ±96,006)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

5,791 ±395 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 246,084 ±979
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.2 (12,564  ±807) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 583,828 (±0 / ±304)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

2.5% ±1.3% (89  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 4.7% 6,451 (±0.5% / ±618)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

5,982 ±376 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 259,155 ±186
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$379,200 ±$32,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $253,100 ±$3,694
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

22.8% ±7.4% (3,231  ±1,062.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.1% 72,446 (±0.6% / ±3,449.1)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

92.4% ±7.8% (9,491  ±1,146.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 388,515 (±1.1% / ±4,821.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
50.2% ±2.8% (5,158  ±534) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.8% 150,757 (±0.7% / ±3,046.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.1% ±3.7% (1,862  ±530) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 49,351
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.5% ±1.1% (527  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.5% 35,453 (±0.3% / ±1,532)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
527 Total veterans ±129 501 Male ±124 26 Female ±22

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